The Colgate Comedy Hour Season 4 Episodes

Episode 0

Pre-empted by "Satins and Spurs" starring Betty Hutton

Sun, Sep 12, 1954

Episode 1

Hosts: Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis Guest: Burt Lancaster, The Skylarks

Sun, Oct 4, 1953

Dean and Jerry return from overseas, singing their way thru customs. A crazed Burt Lancaster hides out in the men's bedroom. Dean croons "That's Amore" and, "You're the Right one."

Episode 2

Host: Jimmy Durante Guest: John Wayne, Eddie Jackson, Jack Roth, Jules Buffano, Candy Candido

Sun, Oct 11, 1953

Jimmy Durante debuts as a 'Colgate Comedy Hour' host. He and guest star John Wayne do a takeoff on Northwest Mountie thrillers.

Episode 3

Host: Eddie Cantor Guests: Jack Benny, Connie Russell, Billy Daniel, Sheldon Leonard

Sun, Oct 18, 1953

This show is centered around the impending opening of the motion picture 'The Eddie Cantor Story'.

Episode 4

Host: Donald O'Connor Guests: Lauren Bacall, Elaine Stewart, Joanne Gilbert, Sid Miller, Tom D'Andrea and Hal March

Sun, Oct 25, 1953

Episode 5

Host: Bud Abbott Guests: Peggy Lee, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Gene Nelson, Jimmy Thompson, Pat Horn, The Pied Pipers

Sun, Nov 1, 1953

Bud Abbott hosts solo as Lou Costello is ill. His guests include: Peggy Lee; Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis; actor Jimmy Thompson; dancers Pat Horn and Gene Nelson; The Pied Pipers; and Al Goodman and his Orchestra. Miss Lee performs "Baubles, Bangles and Beads" in a smoke filled production number and sings a commercial for Halo shampoo! Nelson performs a dance titled "Off Center". Kinescoped clips from A&C's previous appearances are shown, including one involving a rubdown, another featuring diamonds.

Episode 6

Host: Jimmy Durante Guests: Frank Sinatra, The Gay Tyroliers, Eddie Jackson, Jules Buffano

Sun, Nov 8, 1953

Jimmy Durante sings "Start Each Day with a Song" and Frank Sinatra sings "South of the Border."

Episode 7

Host: Martha Raye Guests: Irene Dunne, Cesar Romero, Rocky Graziano

Sun, Nov 15, 1953

Episode 8

Host: Donald O'Connor Guests: Ralph Bellamy, Corinne Calvet, Dorothy Dandridge, Sid Miller, Jack Albertson

Sun, Nov 22, 195360 mins

Episode 9

Host: Eddie Cantor Guests: Frank Sinatra, Eddie Fisher, Brian Donlevy, Harold Arlen, Connie Russell, The Debonaires

Sun, Nov 29, 1953

Eddie Cantor hosts with guests Frank Sinatra, Brian Donlevy, Eddie Fisher, Harold Arlen, Connie Russell, the Debonaires, Joan Shawlee, Harold Arlen, and Al Goodman and his Orchestra. Maxi the Taxi picks up a woman he thinks is expecting. In a take-off of westerns, all the characters speak in voice overs. Composer Harold Arlen leads the cast in a medley of collection of his biggest hit songs.

Episode 10

Host: Jimmy Durante Guests: Ethel Merman, Eddie Jackson, Keye Luke

Sun, Dec 6, 1953

Jimmy Durante and Ethel Merman do several duets, and Ethel solos on the fugue from the Broadway musical 'Call Me Madam'.

Episode 11

Perry Como Guests: Martha Raye, Ben Blue, Mike Mazurki, The Fontane Sisters

Sun, Dec 13, 1953

Episode 12

Donald O'Connor Guests: Charles Coburn, Sid Miller, Scatman Crothers, Jana Mason

Sun, Dec 20, 1953

Episode 13

Host: Eddie Cantor Guests: Jimmy Durante, Donald O'Connor, Dennis Day, Connie Russell, George Gobel, Billy Daniel, Mel Blanc

Sun, Dec 27, 1953

This is a "year-end salute to show business," with a couple of Eddie Cantor's fellow 'Colgate Comedy Hour' hosts appearing and performing.

Episode 14

Host: Jimmy Durante Guests: Paul Douglas, Eartha Kitt, the Barry Sisters

Sun, Jan 3, 1954

Episode 15

Hosts: Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis; guest: Franklin Pangborn, The Modernaires

Sun, Jan 10, 1954

Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis star with guests Franklin Pangborn, Duke Art Jr., Birdie Brickerbrack, The Modernaires, and Dick Stabile and his Orchestra. Dean's attempt to sing is disrupted by Jerry's lousy trumpet playing. A movie executive and his entourage come backstage to discuss business, and leave covered in food and water. Jerry destroys a store's toy department and clerk Franklin Pangborn. Jerry mugs to Leroy Anderson's "The Typewriter." The Modernaires sing "Crazy Man, Crazy" and Martin performs "Pretty Baby." Jerry presents Dean with a gold record for "That's Amore."

Episode 16

Alan Young, Stan Freberg, Jeri Southern, Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dean Martin, Phil Harris, Gordon MacRae, Ralph Kiner

Sun, Jan 17, 195460 mins

Lou Costello had not recovered from an illness, so an unusual format was substituted. First half of the show as the usual variety format. Second half broadcast from the star-studded Bing Crosby Pro-Am Golf Tourney from Pebble Beach, CA.

Episode 17

From Hollywood with guest host Ethel Merman and guest stars Jimmy Durante & Gene Nelson

Sun, Jan 24, 1954

Ethel Merman sings "I Got Rhythm"; duets with Jimmy Durante on "When You're Smiling." In a Paris scene, Ethel sings "I Love Paris" and "C'est Magnifique" In the finale, Ethel is presented a Golden Globe award for the film 'Call Me Madam'.

Episode 18

Host: Eddie Cantor; Guest Stars: Groucho Marx, Connie Russell, Wally Cox

Sun, Jan 31, 1954

Episode 19

Host: Jimmy Durante Guests: Tallulah Bankhead, Carol Channing, Eddie Jackson

Sun, Feb 7, 1954

Wearing a black wig, Jimmy Durante conducts an all-girl orchestra, with Tallulah Bankhead and Carol Channing as vocalists

Episode 20

Host: Donald O'Connor Guests: Beatrice Kay, George Prentice, Scatman Crothers, Sid Miller

Sun, Feb 14, 1954

Episode 21

Guest Host: Gene Wesson; featuring Bud Abbott & Lou Costello, Sonja Henle, Keefe Brasselle, Jud Conlons Rhythmaires

Sun, Feb 21, 195460 mins

This was Lou Costello's first appearance on the show since his illness. He does a sketch with Bud in which he encounters both Frankenstein's monster (Glenn Strange reprising his role from A&C Meet Frankenstein) and the Creature from the Black Lagoon. In one of her earliest TV roles, Carolyn Jones appears in a sketch about what would happen if coffee were outlawed. Keefe Braselle played the title role in the movie 'The Eddie Cantor Story' and he and host Gene Wesson perform dueling impressions.

Episode 22

Anything Goes

Sun, Feb 28, 195460 mins

On an ocean liner, a nightclub singer tries to help a fellow American romance an English heiress who is being forced to return home to marry a man she doesn't love. The American must avoid his boss who is traveling on the same vessel and disguises himself as a gangster traveling with a minister who is, in fact, a disguised gangster on the lam.

Episode 23

"Look" Awards Show

Sun, Mar 7, 1954

Broadcast live from Hollywood, magazine 'Look" awards various entertainers for achievements and performances in 1953.

Episode 24

Host: Jimmy Durante Guests: Eddie Cantor, Robert Montgomery, Patrice Munsel, Marion Colby, Eddie Jackson, Jules Buffano, Jack Roth, Roy Bargy and his Orchestra

Sun, Mar 14, 1954

Jimmy Durante presents his original opera 'Inka Dinka Doo'. He and Eddie Cantor switch roles in a "Maxi the Taxi" type segment where Jimmy plays the driver.

Episode 25

Hosts: Abbott & Costello; Guests: Les Paul & Mary Ford, Janik & Arnaut, Fred Darian, The Pied Pipers, Veola Vonn

Sun, Mar 21, 1954

Husband and wife team, guitarist and singer Les Paul and Mary Ford perform.

Episode 26

Host: Eddie Cantor Guests: Connie Russell, Billy Daniel, Chiquita & Johnson, Ricky Vera, Manolo Mera

Sun, Apr 4, 1954

This show featured 'The Eddie Cantor Follies of 1954'.

Episode 27

Host: Jimmy Durante Guests: Liberace, Marilyn Maxwell, Ben Wrigley, Eddie Jackson, George Liberace

Sun, Apr 11, 1954

Episode 28

Hosts: Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Guests: Jane Russell, Rhonda Fleming, Connie Haines, Beryl Davis

Sun, Apr 18, 1954

In the volatile South American land of "Bullonia", Bud and Lou are broke. To escape their creditors, the put on disguises from some found clothes, Bud in a caballero outfit, and Lou in an exaggerated old time general's uniform. This causes him to be mistaken for the country's despotic presidente, and puts him in the center of several assassination attempts by poison, bombs and flying knives.

Episode 29

The Ice Capades of 1954

Sun, Apr 25, 1954

Episode 30

The Treniers

Sun, May 2, 1954

Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis host with guests Dick Humphreys, Gretchen Houser, The Treniers, Robert Carson, Henry Slate, Frances Farwell, Helen Eby-Rock, John Harmon, Bobby Fain, Charles Williams, and announcer Hal Sawyer. They boys mark their 8th anniversary as a comedy team. They first meet at an Atlantic City nightclub where they're quickly fired as waiter and busboy. They encounter each other again at a music store which they promptly wreck. After being canned, they team up for a show biz act. They join the Treniers to dance in the close.

Episode 31

Circus Show with Host Jimmy Durante and guest star Shelley Winters

Sun, May 9, 1954

Jimmy Durante's last episode as a series host finds him surrounded by circus performers. He gets into the act in a sketch playing a clown who is hopelessly in love with a beautiful lion tamer (played by Shelley Winters).

Episode 32

Host: Eddie Cantor Guests: Milton Berle, Eddie Fisher, Connie Russell

Sun, May 16, 1954

Eddie Cantor uses his final 'Colgate Comedy Hour' appearance to celebrate and reminisce about his 45 years in show business. Eddie Fisher sings 'Young at Heart' and 'Green Years'; Connie Russell sings 'My Man'.

Episode 33

Hosts: Abbott and Costello Guests: Hoagy Carmichael, Peggy Lee, Ricky Vera, The Sauter-Finegan Orchestra, The Pied Pipers

Sun, May 23, 1954

Peggy Lee sings "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" and "Johnny Guitar." Sauter and Finegan perform "Midnight Sleigh Ride" and "Holiday."

Episode 34

Hosts: Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis Guests: The Skylarks. The Nick Castle Dancers

Sun, May 30, 1954

Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis host with The Skylarks, Byron Kane, Mary Ellen Kaye, Paul Power, and Dick Stabile and his Orchestra. Songs include "That's Entertainment," "Every Street's a Boulevard" and "Money Burns a Hole in my Pocket. Jerry's a hotel bellhop who destroys honeymoon night for Dean and his new bride. Jerry conducts a glee club. At a lonely heart's club meeting, Jerry is the newest member.is a shy new member.

Episode 35

Debut of Colgate Summer Comedy hour with Kaye Ballard, Jules Munshin, Jackie Cooper

Sun, Jun 6, 1954

Episode 36

Let's Go Places

Sun, Jun 13, 1954

Episode 37

Continental Holiday

Sun, Jun 20, 1954

Episode 38

Away from It All

Sun, Jun 27, 1954

Episode 39

Holiday, U.S.A.

Sun, Jul 4, 1954

Episode 40

Episode #4.40

Sun, Jul 11, 1954

Episode 41

Free and Easy

Sun, Jul 18, 1954

This revue features the songs "Free and Easy" and "Joey."

Episode 42

Bobby Van, Pearl Bailey, Jeff Chandler, Gene Sheldon

Sun, Jul 25, 1954

Pearl Bailey sings two songs - "He's Gone" and "Toot Toot Tootsie Goodbye". Actor-turned-crooner Jeff Chandler sings "A Girl, a Boy, a Lamplight" and "That's All She's Waiting to Hear."

Episode 43

Kaye Ballard, Jules Munshin, Mindy Carson, Jeff Chandler

Sun, Aug 1, 1954

Episode 44

Connie Russell, The Will Mastin Trio starring Sammy Davis Jr., Gene Sheldon, Jay Lawrence, The Gaylords

Sun, Aug 8, 1954

Performers from Hollywood include The Will Mastin Trio (starring Sammy Davis Jr.), singer Connie Russell, Gene Sheldon, comedian Jay Lawrence, singers The Gaylords, The Nita Bieber Dancers, announcer Don Wilson, and Vic Schoen and his Orchestra. Jay Lawrence performs a comedy routine. Sammy Davis, Jr. sings "Because of You," "Hey, There" and "The Birth of the Blues". Russell performs "One Arabian Night" and "You've Changed." The Gaylords do "The Little Shoemaker" and "I Love You."

Episode 45

Kaye Ballard, Ronny Graham, Miss Universe Miriam Stevenson, The Chords, Willie Mays

Sun, Aug 15, 1954

This episode originated from New York City. New York Giants outfielder Willie Mays performs his hit "Say Hey," and The Chords sing "Sh-Boom."

Episode 46

Margaret Whiting, The Hamilton Trio, Dick Contino, Gene Sheldon, Alan King

Sun, Aug 22, 1954

Episode 47

Mimi Benzell, Louis Prima, Kaye Ballard, Ronny Graham, Peter Genaro, Dania Kropska

Sun, Aug 29, 1954

Episode 48

Dorothy Lamour, Nat King Cole, Larry Storch

Sun, Sep 5, 1954